The Rebel Mountain Reader Paperback - 2010

Mark K. Vogl is a graduate of Milton Hershey School, Hershey, Pennsylvania. He is a Distinguished Military Graduate of THE CITADEL, THE MILITARY COLLEGE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. He graduated in 1977 with a Bachelor of Science in Education, and a concentration in military history. Mark was commissioned into the Regular Army of the United States as a Second Lieutenant of Infantry on commencement day and served in the United States Army from 1977 to 1986. His assignments included: command of a mechanized infantry company, Bravo Company, Third Battalion, Thirty-Sixth Infantry Regiment, and Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Ready First Brigade, Third Armored Division, and as an Assistant Professor of Military Science at Fordham University. . His awards include the Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, and Airborne Parachute wings. Mark is an avid amateur historian, writer, whose first book, "Military Lessons of the Civil War" was awarded the Jefferson Davis Historical Gold Medal in 2007 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. He has been a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans since 1994 and is presently serving as the Commander of the Upshur County Patriots, Camp 2109. His awards include the Sons of Confederate Veterans Texas Division Gold Service Cross with star, and the Sons of Confederate Veterans Commendation Medal. Mark and his wife Barbara (retired Lt. Col., U.S. Army) live at Rebel Mountain, outside of Gilmer, Texas. Together they have five grown children, Kelly and Julie - Mark's daughters, and Jennifer, James and John - Barbara's children.